RIP Elgin Baylor...

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NBA Hall of Famer and Seattle U legend Elgin Baylor dies at 86

Elgin Baylor AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style of basketball that became the model for the modern player, died Monday. He was 86.

The Lakers announced that Baylor died of natural causes in Los Angeles with his wife, Elaine, and daughter Krystal by his side.
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Baylor arrived in the NBA in 1958 as the No. 1 draft pick out of Seattle University. He immediately set new superlatives for individual scoring, with a 55-point game in his Rookie-of-the-Year season before scoring 64 on Nov. 8, 1959 — then the NBA single-game record, and the Lakers record for 45 years until Bryant broke it.

Baylor became the first NBA player to surpass 70 points with a 71-point game Dec. 11, 1960, against New York. Chamberlain set the record of 100 points in 1962.

Out of Seattle U. :(

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sutz":ikng5t51 said:
NBA Hall of Famer and Seattle U legend Elgin Baylor dies at 86

Elgin Baylor AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style of basketball that became the model for the modern player, died Monday. He was 86.

The Lakers announced that Baylor died of natural causes in Los Angeles with his wife, Elaine, and daughter Krystal by his side.
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Baylor arrived in the NBA in 1958 as the No. 1 draft pick out of Seattle University. He immediately set new superlatives for individual scoring, with a 55-point game in his Rookie-of-the-Year season before scoring 64 on Nov. 8, 1959 — then the NBA single-game record, and the Lakers record for 45 years until Bryant broke it.

Baylor became the first NBA player to surpass 70 points with a 71-point game Dec. 11, 1960, against New York. Chamberlain set the record of 100 points in 1962.

Out of Seattle U. :(

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Sad day. A true Seattle legend.
RIP Sir. :(
 

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No matter where he came from.....A TRUE LEGEND. What a great human being.
 

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That man could have dominated in any generation, he was truly elite and that is saying something for the time he played in.

He would have made LeBron look average, he was that damn good.
 
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